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Sad to leave the Perhentian Islands but glad to be on the road again. Penang is a 6 hour drive across to the other side of the peninsular. Arriving just after dark the place looked much like any other big city with high rise buildings, bright lights and shopping malls. I wondered if I'd made the right choice, didn't really want to go from idyllic …

The first thing we had to do today was to get our train tickets to Kuala Lumper printed, so we walked down to the jetty and got the nice ticket lady to print them out for us. We then went back to the blue mansion that we had failed to get into the previous day. Our tour guide Pet was very funny and had us both giggling all the way through the tour …

Day 2- 13th October A visit to Penang is incomplete without a visit to the world famous Thai, Burmese & Chinese temples. People come from far and wide to see these beautiful monuments which have become major tourist attractions. We decided to start our Penang trip by paying a visit to the Wat Chayamangkalaram temple also known as the Thai …

The morning of my departure from the Perhentian Islands was normal, weather was overcast but ok. Got up early enough to allow time for some breakfast before the boat came to get me at 8am. Ordered my breakfast from my own Resort as I thought it would save time and also with the knowledge that the staff knew I was leaving on the 8am boat so I'd have …

When I was preparing the trip (from home) I checked many blogs (specially from Tripadvisor) to find the way to travel from Melaka to Penang by bus. I was getting a little bit anxious as I couldn't find any info... oh well, the day arrived and I/we arrived in Melaka... I went to the tourist info desk and they told me where to go and what bus line to …

We woke to a beautiful fine morning. As a group of 13 people - all at differing hours. Some up early - who headed out into the streets around the vicinity of the hotel, others of us took the opportunity to rest in a bit after our big day of flying yesterday.

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... loved us instantly as we do her. Such a placid lady, and JoJo sports the biggest cheekiest grin. First stop is WatChayamangkalaram (http://www.malaysiasite.nl/buddhaeng.htm) a Thai Buddhist temple built in 1845 on land granted by Queen Victoria as ...

... pain free and far easier than was made out, we took a trip to two of Georgetown's best known temples - WatChayamangkalaram, a Buddhist temple, and Dhammikarama Burmese Temple. Chayamangkalaram contains a massive reclining Buddha that takes up ...

... up with the noise in the guesthouse and stopped watching after a while. In the island, we visited reclining Buddha (in WatChayamangkalaram Thai Temple), Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple (just in front of the Thai Temple), Snake Temple, Penang ...

... and thus was called “Mister David” for the next six hours. First stop was to be the Thai Buddhist WatChayamangkalaram Monastery, with its naga serpents, giant bodyguards and gigantic mediatation hall. Residing inside the latter is a ...

... the jetty and we should come across it! Amazingly this plan worked and a short walk later we were on the 101 bus to WatChayamangkalaram or Sleeping Buddha to you and me! Matt soon regretted not getting a taxi when, upon pulling into Komtar Bus Terminal, ...

... we couldn't resist buying some original and coconut coffee, lovely! The reclining Buddah was next, the Buddah was in a temple called WatChayamangkalaram which was built in 1845. It's lying down with a length off 33 metres, its head is propped up ...

... from our hostel. Pretty much every night we were in Georgetown would end here! On our first day on Penang we went to the WatChayamangkalaram Temple to see on of the biggest reclining buddha's this one was huge it's about 30 metres long and is godplated. ...

... weather cleared. I waited for a bus at the end of the hostel street which went to the Thai Temple. The Wat Chayamangkalarm was built in 1845 and has one of the largest reclining Buddha statues in the world. The bus was 1.40Rm ...

... these beautiful monuments which have become major tourist attractions. We decided to start our Penang trip by paying a visit to the WatChayamangkalaram temple also known as the Thai temple of the Reclining Buddha. The temple was built in 1845 on land ...